Cuisine: Japanese | BYO
& Take-Away
Address:
Eastern Suburbs
106 Ebley St
Bondi Junction
Phone:
(02) 9386 9534
Hours:
Tues-Fri Lunch 11.30-2.30pm
Dinner 5.30-10pm
Sat-Sun Dinner only 5.30-10pm
Chikyu-ya means “Global Shop” and indeed it’s a place to celebrate the multicultural joy of the bond between Japanese people and Australians, with the people who come to eat here being about 50/50 Aussies and Japanese. But in Bondi Junction, which is a prime living spot for Japanese students and semi-permanent workers (call it Little Tokyo and you’d have some semblance of a point), what is delightful about Chikyu-Ya is its authenticity as a homely inner-urban Nihon-style diner. This is very much how it feels over there – satisfying chunks of Teriyaki Fish, instantly downable pan-fried Gyoza dumplings, combination Sushi and Teriyaki Chicken and some exemplary Tofu Steak and Tofu Salad for our veggie-burger cousins all hitting that gong that triggers the now universal cry of “Oishiiiiiiiiii” – that means delicious, catch up while you can. Owners Toshi and Kayo Karube put the word “host” back into host-pitality.
